Fried Lies
Years 3-4
One-off workshop
In this workshop students are introduced to a playful humorous short poem ‘Fried Lies’ by Harry Laing, an acclaimed children’s writer, poet and comedic performer based in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.
Students are encouraged to mix truth and lies to compose a short poem made up of false statements designed to amuse the reader. Students will practice descriptive imagery and rhyme as they cook up their own short poems putting their own spin on ‘Fried Lies’.
This workshop is suitable for students with low literacy and disengaged students who enjoy comedy and an opportunity to be playful with words.
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Description texCreate literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining (ACELT1607)
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELT1692)
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Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience (EN2-CWT-01)
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words (EN2-VOCAB-01)
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For breakfast I eat fried iPads
Lunch is sweet potato printers
Dinner is a cooked piano keys on a bed of carrots
I have a pet cheetah with pink and green fur
I once saw a fidget as big as a city.
My classes are made of solid gold
My favourite sport is sitting on Mars
I think my brother's eyes go square when he plays games.
So if you’re going to tell a lie
Make sure it's as big as a pie
Otherwise your brain will fry
And all the water will dry.
-Maiya, 9 years old, HERRD Homeschool Group T4 2024
Available in Semester 2, 2025.
